Those interested in the problems with poll sampling should look at some of
the political methodology research on the issue.
The most salient paper I know of is Gerber and Green's
"Enough Already with Random Digit Dialing: Can Registration-
Based Sampling Improve the Accuracy of Election Forecasts?":
http://www.yale.edu/isps/publications/regsamp.pdf
-- fh
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